Body of man who jumped off Ford Bridge is recovered

The body of a missing man was found Sunday night, about two and a half hours after he jumped from Ford Parkway Bridge, St. Paul police said.

St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Paul Paulos said it was a suicide.

The man, whose identity has not been released pending notification of the medical examiner, jumped into the Mississippi River about 6 p.m.

Hennepin County officials, who received a call that someone had seen a man jump off the bridge, searched for him with the help of the Ramsey County sheriff's water patrol and the St. Paul Fire Department.

The body was found in the area of Jackson Street and Warner Road, about eight miles downriver from where he jumped, according to a St. Paul police report.

"The high and fast water of the river is very dangerous right now," Randy Gustafson, a sheriff's spokesman, said Sunday night.